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Revision as of 14:23, 2 February 2019

Description

The Textarea control allows multiples lines of input text. It has optional headers, footers and other features.

Popovers and Tooltips are supported.

Note that Textarea (Bootstrap) does not have .text property. Use .value to get the value of the control.

Properties and Methods

Standard properties are supported, plus:

align Text alignment. left, center or right.
autocapitalize Automatically capitalize first letter? May not be available on other platforms.
autocomplete Automatically complete words? May not be available on other platforms.
autocorrect Spellcheck as entering? May not be available on other platforms.
badge Adds a Badge to the control. Design Time and Runtime.
focus() Sets the focus to the control. Runtime only.
footer An optional message at the bottom of the list of items. Design Time and Runtime.
header An optional message at the bottom of the list of items. Design Time and Runtime.
icon An optional icon to appear at the top of the list. Design Time and Runtime.
maxlength Maximum number of characters for text input. Not used for inputType number
placeholder Text to be displayed in the field just as a comment – does not change the value.
readonly If set to “True”, the control cannot be edited. At runtime, use readOnly.
required If set to “True”, the field requires a value when the form is submitted. Design time only.
rows Maximum number of rows to display. Design time only.
setSelectionRange(start, end) Selects a range of characters. The first character starts at 0. Runtime only.
spellcheck Check spelling and grammer?
value Gets or sets the value (true or false) of line i. Runtime.

Events

Standard events are supported. For this control, the onfocusout event will be useful. It gets called when the user changes the focus to another field.

Examples (Basic)

Call a function when user is done editing field.

Function Textarea1_onfocusout()
  MsgBox "Value is " & Textarea1.value
End Function

Change the height at runtime

Textarea1_contents.style.height = "100%"
Textarea1_contents.style.height = "calc(100% - 20px)"  'if there is a header

Examples (JavaScript)

Call a function when user is done editing field.

Textarea1.onfocusout = function() {
    NSB.MsgBox("Value is " + Textarea1.value);
};

Change the height at runtime

Textarea1_contents.style.height = "100%";
Textarea1_contents.style.height = "calc(100% - 20px)";  //if there is a header

Output